Bed-davenport.



A. G. KLOPPING. BED DAVENPORT. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 3, 1911.

1,034,253, Patented July 30,1912.

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A. U. KLOPPING.

BED DAVENPORT. APPLICATION PILEP NOV. 3, 1911.

1,034,253. Patgnted'July so, 1912.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L ADOLPH C. Knot'mns, n citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledofin'the oountyof Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful BedDe-venpor-t; and I do hereby declare the following to be e full, clear, and exact description oft the invention, such will enable others skilled in the net to which it sppertains to make and use the some, reterence'heingghsd the accompanying drew- .ings, end to the figures of reference merited thereon, Wl'iich form n port of this specifics time.

My invention relates to -hed-devenpoi'ts,

end has particular reference to iinprovements n-pon the construction disclosed in. my former United States Letters Patent No; 993,691, granted May 30, 1911.

The pniinary object of my invention is the provision of improved means in. an oppnretusof this oiass for controlling the fold ing and unfolding movements of the inner bed-frame section within the seat-trains, whereby a, more efficient and essiiy operable notion of such partis obtained.

The invention is fully-described in the i101- lowing specification, and While inits broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in. nnmorons forms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a beddwveriport, with one end removed, the back portly brokenaway and with the bed-frame in seotion and folded wit-inn the seat-frame. Fig. 2 is a section on the line aca: in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of the davenport with the back in end elevation and open with parts broken away, and with the seat-frame unfolded, and Fig. 4 is a cross section of the seat-items in inverted position with the bedframe parts in folded form therein and portions broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 design-(ties one of the duplicate opposite ends of a dovenport frame between which the book is This back is of hollow construction to facilitate the storing .of bedding, pillows end the like therein and comprises "the real" stationary port 2 attached in any suitable manner to the ends 1, and the for weirdly and downwardly swin ing front part 3 having the ends l: and b tt )m piece a. The frontpert 3 of the heck is suspend Specification of Letters Patent.

s nmim filed November 3, 1911. Eerie comprise: one

links for opening closing movements 1 ve to the neck port 2 :1 set of links 6, 'Wh" :h ore iivoteri at then" upper ends to the dart. :2, '2', and at their lower ends to the front port as at 8. The front part 3 is shown as ho .ng'its 10m end portion connected h 2 pair oi links 9 to the heck port 2, such links pivoting to the back part, and the front port as at 11. A l i prevent an openmovement of front The sent/ trams oi? the dovenport coinpi-ises the OQPUE-Jlti enos 13, the front-piece 14 and the shallow haelnpiece 15, and connected at its mils to he ends of the elevenpol't frame by any suitable form of tumbling means, Well made; i in the art,

The seahfmnie the bed-frame, WjiiCh is shown in 1e present instei-ioe ins; the three major sections 1'3 hich K, of silhstintioily co, length and edened to folo. one innit-her within the SGfiiiiillllfi, {is indicated in F'g. 1, or he opened out into horizontel salinement. indicated in Fi p3, i'he sections 16 and l7 pivotelly connected Li each side thereof by n pair of lin "s 19, which are pivoted together upon suite-hie support 720 rising from the hook-piece 15 of the soot frame when such frame is in inverted position, as indicated in Fig. 3, While the ad ja'cent ends of the side port-ions of cheese tions 17 and 18 foldehly connected by Upon *oitling the l38(i-fl'ttl1i(i the outer section 18 i and the sections it end. 18 then folded over the inner section 16. As the sections 17 and 18 are foided over the section 16 the oppositely inclined inner ends 22 of the psi-3s of iinhs l9 permit such links to move and 4-, and then to not as lever in lowering the attached end of the inner hed t'reme sec tion 16 withn-i the scanty-nine). For it ltuher' iolded over the section 1? explanation of the constructimi and toitling u .65 operatdr'can'insert his hand within the bed operation of the bed-framegewhich means is more eilicient and positive in its operation than 'the means shown and described in my said former Letters Patent for such purpose. To accomplish this I provide a slotted guide link-23 Within the seat-frame at each end thereof, which links are pivoted at one end to the respectiveends of the seat-frame, as at 24, and have their other ends pivoted, as at 2-5, to the inner ends of -bars or links 26, the outer ends of which links pivot to the outer ones of the associated bed-frame links 19 adjacent to the inner ends thereof, as

at 27. Each side bar of the bed-frame sec- 1 tion 16 has a stud 28 projecting from the outer side thereof and working within the guide slot of the link 23-. The arrangement of the guide links 23 and their connection through the bars 26 with the bedframe links 19 is such that when the bed-frame is in the unfolded position shown in Fig. 3,

the links23 will be raised into proper position to support the free end of the bedframe section 16 in horizontal alinement with the other unfolded sections of the frame, while upon folding the bed-frame the folding movements of the outerlinks 19 will lower the free ends of the guide links 23- through the medium of the links 26 in such 'proportion'that the free end of the bed frame section 16 will be permitted to lower 7 1 by gravity within the seat-frame at the same speed as the inner end of such section, as is apparent by reference to Fig. 4. This means for controlling the movements .of the inner bed-frame section 16 withinthe seatframe during the folding or unfolding movements of the bed-frame 'is found in practice to be very efiicient in its operation and to materially improve upon the means heretofore employed for such purpose.

In order to rigidly space the outer bedframe section 18 and its supporting legs 29 from the sections 16 and'17 when folded .therebetween,'as indicated in Fig. 1, I pivot- ,ally attach one end of a catch member 30 to each supporting leg 29 at the outer end of the bed-frame, as at 31, and suitably mount a catch finger 32 thereon to coiiperate therewith to engage a stud or pin 33 projecting from the outer side of thebed-frame section 17. Thecatches 30-32," when engaged with the, respective studs 33 of the bedframe section17, serve not only to rigidly retain the outer and intermediate bed-frame.

sections in rigid spaced relation when folded within the seat frame to prevent a rattling of the section 18 within other lied-frame parts when the usual mattress and bedding are omitted from between the sections, but also firmly hold the legs 29 in folded relation" to the bed-frame section 18, as isapparent. Upon inverting the seat-frame to the position shown in Figs. 3 and ,4, the

frame to move the catch parts 31, -02 to release the engaged studs 33, or this may be accomplished when the bed-frame sections '18 and 17 have been unfolded, after which the section 18 can be unfolded from the section 17 and the legs 29 lowered to support the outer end of the frame.

It'is apparent that with my improvements I have provided a bed-davenport which is more easily operated and of greater practicability and commercial value than davenports of this class heretofore used, and is also of simple and inexpensive construction. a

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction or arrangement of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. In an article of the class described, an

invertible seat-frame, a bed-frame having at least two major sections in pivotal link connection, a support pivotally carrying said connection, a guide member pivotally attached to the inner side of an end of the seat-frame and having a slot in which a part of one of said major sections slidingly works,

and means for imparting pivotal move-' ments to said member from a movement of said link connection.

2. 'In an article of the class described, an invertible seat-frame, a, bed-frame having at least two major sections in pivotal link connection and foldable one over the other, the inner section having lowering movements within the seatframe upon a folding of the bed-frame and vice versa, said connection forming minor bed-frame sections and being pivotally carried by parts of the seat frame, a member pivoted to each end of the seat-frame and having a-s lot in which a part of the inner bed-framesection works and being capable of slight relative pivotal movements, a slotted member pivoted to each end of the seat-frame adjacent the upper front portion thereof-fa stud projecting from each side of the inner bed-frame section adjacent to its inner end and working in the slot of the associated member whereby pivotal movements of the members impart raising and lowering movements to the inner I In testimeny whereof,1I have hereunto end of such section, and a bar pivotally c0nsigned my name to this specification in the :necting the free end of each member to the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

jacent to its pivot, toimpart predetermined Witnesses:

outer one of the associatedp'air of links 111- 'ADOLPH C. KLOPPING.

movements to the members from folding br O. W. OWEN,

unfolding movements of said links. M. Q. OPPENHEIM. 

